Finn- Double
”Double.”
I brushed passed my President, who must have been waiting for us to start filtering home because he was right there waiting outside when I finally got off my bike.
My back stiff, my whole body aching but it was my heart that was hurting the most.
“Not now.” I would have never before disrespected him like that but I was coveted in dried blood, and after being question for several hours over the death of a man I had always looked up to , all I wanted to do was shower and drink myself into unconsciousness.
“Son.” His large hand came down hard on my shoulder and I stopped dead. Breathing heavily through my nose. “Dodge was….he will be missed.”
“Yeah he will.” I added numbly. The numbness would wear off soon and I would have to deal with the grief that would foll
